Category: Conferences

Getting back to being Maker – making more content

I’ve always prided myself on being a ‘maker’, whether that’s in my IT world or my Woodturning hobbyists world. And being a maker can mean a number of things. In woodturning, it generally means slapping a piece of wood on the lathe and turning a rough piece of wood into something beautiful. I’ve recently been …

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Microsoft Ignite – Day 2

Wow, suffice to say that Day 2 of Ignite did not disappoint the SharePoint crowd one bit, with a whole host of announcements coming out during Jeff Tepers much awaited session this morning. As usual, the session started with a few stats that outline just how popular SharePoint and Office 365 has become. More than …

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Ignite 2017 – Day 1

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to swing a trip to Ignite this year which is a real pity as this year there’s been some great announcements already on Day 1, with the real meat of the SharePoint and OneDrive announcements to come during Jeff Teper’s session tomorrow. Whilst not all of the content is available by …

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SPS Cambridge, big changes at work and the months to come

SPS Cambridge Saturday 9th September 2017 saw what I think was the fourth combined SharePoint and SQL Saturday run by Mark Broadbent (@retracement) with myself initially filling the position of Track Chair for SharePoint. In the end, due to drop outs, Mark asked me to take a bigger part of the organisation and I ended …

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European Collaboration Summit 2017 – Zagreb

Zagreb - St Marks Church

European Collaboration Summit – Zagreb – May 29th- 31st 2017. I’ve just returned home from what is possibly one of the greatest community conferences in the world in the wonderful city of Zagreb. Previously known as SPC Adriatics, the European Collaboration Summit brought together some of the best speakers from all over Europe and the …

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SharePoint Saturday Belgium wrap-up

I’ve just woken up at home after another excellent SharePoint Saturday Belgium! The BIWUG guys always organise a great event and this one was no exception so thank you very much to them and good luck to the new Board members stepping up this year. Running a user group is hard work, but very rewarding …

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SharePoint Saturday Jersey – Round up

Radisson - St Helier: SharePoint Saturday jersey 2014

I had the great pleasure at speaking at the inaugural SharePoint Saturday Jersey in the channel islands this past weekend. Gus and Mark picked an excellent venue and whilst attendance was lower than expected thanks to the glorious weather, we still had a good bunch of SharePoint people with a thirst for knowledge! I was …

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Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Jersey–Sept 27th 2014

I received my acceptance e-mail this past week to say that my Display Templates with JSLink for ITPros sessions had been accepted for SharePoint Saturday Jersey in September. As with the other variations of this session, I’ll have some location specific demos to show off Display Templates in all their glory as well as some …

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SharePoint Evolutions 2014 Bus Tour – Summary so far

Due to scheduling commitments, I had been unable to submit sessions for this years Evolutions. These commitments changed and I was very pleased to be invited by Steve Smith (And allowed by my bosses at Trinity!) to step in and fill some spaces on the first week of the End Users track at this years …

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Display Templates Session video from SharePoint Saturday Stockholm is now up.

In all the fun of getting back to work after Las Vegas and SPC14, I forgot to post on here that Matthias Einig had finished processing the recording of my Display Templates Session video and all the others from SharePoint Saturday Stockholm in January. This YouTube link takes you to my session, and the other …

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